Two big pieces of news from The Empire State: * NYS is allocating $10M to convert 600 state-owned vehicles to PHEVs, leading to an expanded program for...
At this launch event for Plug-In Bay Area, get the latest information on the national and regional campaigns for plug-in hybrids -- and hear the Governor's...
A standing-room only crowd at the launch of Plug-In Bay Area heard the latest about the Plug-In Partners campaign -- and a very exciting announcement from...
CNNRadio Wednesday aired a one-hour, long-form special on global warming, broadcast on 2200 affiliate stations nationwide. .The host of the show was Daniel...
This story from EVWorld.com (please subscribe!) summarizes current efforts to provide aftermarket Prius conversions. If after reading this you want more, one...
Ford set up this website following the launch of its "Bold Moves" ad campaign, mostly emphasizing design and muscle -- the successor to its more ambitious...
This long story, with several CalCars photos, so far is online only. Prepare to Plug in for 100-mpg Hybrids by Lauren DeFreest and Matthew de Paula ...
From our 3700+ CalCars-News subscribers to the overwhelming response people have to PHEVs everywhere CalCars goes, we've long known there's a sizable market...
"The transition to hybrid power could change the world!" says Alliance Bernstein--self-described at http://www.alliancebernstein.com as "one of the largest...
Perhaps half of the email inquiries that we get boil down to a simple question: "How can I get a PHEV." We get other requests along the lines of "When can I...
Last week, a group of entrepreneurs and advocates spent the day at the Capitol expressing support for AB32, the Californi Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006....
I haven't seen the print version of the entire issue September 2006 Scientific American, "Energy's Future: Beyond Carbon", but judging from its table of...
GM/DaimlerChrysler/BMW, all trailing Toyota and Honda in hybrids, got lots of attention when they announced (in April) and recently gave more details about...
Joel Makower is influential in clean-tech circles and he he consults broadly with many of the largest companies. We posted his comments back in February when...
As we reach our 500th posting, we thought one writer's compelling Op-Ed might inspire CalCars-News Readers to send your personal point of view to your local...
Terry Tamminen has been widely seen as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's top environmental advisor. A key mover for hydrogen fuel cell cars, he has rbeen...
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group started out as the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group; Founded by David Packard in 1977, it changed its name in 2005 to...
In alphabetical order, this already sold-out Sept. 20 event will feature: Martin Eberhard, CEO, Tesla Motors Roland Hwang, Vehicles Policy Director, NRDC Dean...
A complement to the new statement by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group <http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/502.html) is this open letter from 17 leading...
On August 30, California's Governor and legislative leaders reached agreement on final language for Assembly Bill 32 to make California the first state to...
Another chance for those of you who wanted to go to the September 20 E2/NRDC event. The scheduling of the program at the Sacramento Air Resources Board hearing...
Pacific Gas and Electricc announced at the launch event for Plug-in Bay Area that they'd be urging all their customers to sign the Plug-In Partners petition....
Just as we thought we Toyota's slogan "moving forward," applied to plug-in hybrids, they've again pushed back the date. We hoped for model year 2009; then it...
Now that PG&E has taken delivery of an EnergyCS converted Prius, with CalCars' two vehicles and one at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, there are 4...
In June 2005, Silicon Valley venture capitol reporter Matt Marshall wrote an article for his paper, the San Jose Mercury News and his blog, SiliconBeat, "Cars...
We're getting encouragement and reaction from many sources. At our own blog <http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/power/new-company-for-phevs> are some very...
The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) holds international conferences every 18-24 months -- and plug-in hybrid advocates and scientists hold a...
If there was any doubt left about whether there's a market for PHEVs, the nation's biggest car dealer just fixed that by saying, "That is a vehicle that I...
We haven't reported on the earlier announcements of this project. As the report from Green Car Congress makes clear, they're doing a two-stage process: first...
